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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · 8d

Must tune in to @stevevladeck.bsky.social in this instance and truly, all the time, to understand — and be real about — where SCOTUS is going. If you aren’t following One First yet, you need to.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 8d

#ICYMI, I joined @kateshaw.bsky.social and @williambaude.bsky.social for (another) @nytopinion.nytimes.com roundtable on #SCOTUS — as the Roberts Court marks its twentieth anniversary and with a momentous new term set to begin next Monday.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · 15d

Excited for this conversation with two of two of my heroes @billmckibben.bsky.social and @manishbapna.bsky.social

Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 15d

Tomorrow, Earthjustice President @abbiedillen.bsky.social will be speaking at @nytimes.com Climate Forward 2025.

Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 9:40 am ET. Register for the livestream: nyt.swoogo.com/climateforwa...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16d

Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it.

It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.

This is the *23rd* such grant since then.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · 26d

The Trump administration’s next move to crush effective climate policy.

E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters

www.nytimes.com

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Stanford Social Innovation Review @ssir.org · 27d

"The scale and urgency of the current threat should settle a long-simmering debate about the strategic value of targeting oil and gas production directly."

@earthjustice.org president @abbiedillen.bsky.social writes in SSIR on the next chapter of the climate fight:

No Way Out Without a Fight (SSIR)

The ground-up work to stop US oil and gas expansion and create new climate politics

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · 26d

There’s a lot to worry about right now. The quiet part is a U.S. oil & gas renaissance. As extreme weather rocks the country, it’s time to invest in brass tacks planning, deep organizing, and the essential state and local fights to achieve clean energy transition … in time.
ssir.org/articles/ent...

No Way Out Without a Fight (SSIR)

The ground-up work to stop US oil and gas expansion and create new climate politics

ssir.org

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · May 15

Come on. Yes! And would by it for colleagues and friends.

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · May 14

An effort to kill off lawsuits against oil giants is gaining steam
- my latest in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/c...

An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · May 13

Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.

It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.

Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York

Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.

www.nytimes.com

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · May 13

On a tough day in Congress, loving this point of light! Messing up farmers is terrible for everyone, and going to court can still unlock solutions. Grateful to our courageous clients.

Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back.

www.nytimes.com

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · Apr 22

It’s been an eventful first 92 days of Trump. My take on (some of) what’s different this time around. Stiff headwinds but we will stay the course. Happy Earth Day. www.propublica.org/article/eart...

Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists

Abigail Dillen sees the increase of lawsuits targeting green groups as just one of the growing threats to environmental advocacy organizations — and the people who staff them.

www.propublica.org

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · Mar 25

"It is hard to imagine a more sweeping agenda to make Americans less healthy," says Earthjustice President @abbiedillen.bsky.social in today's New York Times.

"The most important thing to understand is that we are seeing a wholesale approach to eradicating environmental protections."

Opinion | Trump’s Environmental Agenda Is Actually Toxic

Trump says one thing about toxins — and does another.

www.nytimes.com

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Mar 16

A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.

Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.

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Raphael Ofner @raphael-ofner.bsky.social · Mar 15

Remarkable climate news from Germany!

Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in principle with the Green Party on plans for a massive increase in state borrowing for infrastructure and military.

The Greens secured a €100 billion fund for climate and economic transformation.

Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal – DW – 03/14/2025

The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.

www.dw.com

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Angelo Carusone @goangelo.bsky.social · Mar 15

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.

Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.

My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · Mar 13

We're suing. Earthjustice is representing Inflation Reduction Act grant recipients & holding the Trump administration accountable for illegally freezing funds that were meant to benefit communities.

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · Mar 13

Just because you aren’t surprised doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read this extraordinary artifact of March 2025. Will be of special interest to all of you practicing that cult “climate change religion.”

Trump EPA Kicks Off Formal Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding with Agency Partners | US EPA

EPA News Release: Trump EPA Kicks Off Formal Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding with Agency Partners

www.epa.gov

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Mar 5

By 5-4 vote, #SCOTUS *denies* Trump’s emergency application in foreign aid funding cases, but in a way that sends things back to the district court *before* the payments will have to be made:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Ric O'Connell @ricoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 4

#ERCOT has been running at 85% clean today: 75% wind and solar and 10% nuclear. You would have been laughed out of the room if you predicted this 10 years ago. But the smallest interconnection in North America is cranking away at 75% variable resources. Beautiful sight.

@gridstatus.io

#EnergySky

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · Mar 4

Policies can rarely deliver an immediate, positive change that people can see and feel every day. Excited that my colleagues have filed suit to defend congestion pricing in NYC!

New Challenge on Trump Administration's Attempt to "Terminate” New York’s Congestion Pricing Program

Groups join MTA’s Lawsuit Against DOT’s Approval Reversal of Congestion Pricing Tolling Program that results in cleaner air, less traffic, and crucial funding for public transportation improvements an...

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · Mar 4

Ha! Just trying to say the Trump playbook has no rules and the character of the attacks — the pace, scale, impact — is violent.

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · Mar 2

Front page of today's NYT:

"This is not the kind of stately tennis match of the usual switch-over in administrations. This is full on Fight Club," said @abbiedillen.bsky.social, President of Earthjustice, on the Trump admini's blitz on environmental regulations.

Earthjustice is fighting back.

How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy

President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.

www.nytimes.com

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · Feb 28

The Trump administration is now deploying the FBI and trying to invoke criminal law to go after Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund recipients. Thank goodness prosecutors and courts are not going along so far.

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · Feb 27

Will SCOTUS provide a check to lawless spending freezes and back up lower courts that hold the Trump administration accountable? We will soon find out. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

127. Chief Justice Roberts's Administrative Stay in the Foreign Aid Funding Cases

There are two very different ways to understand Wednesday night's order temporarily absolving the government from spending $1.5 billion in obligated funds. We'll know soon enough which one is correct.

open.substack.com

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Abbie Dillen @abbiedillen.bsky.social · Jan 24

As bad as it sounds.

samsankar.bsky.social @samsankar.bsky.social · Jan 24

At least 5 career leaders of DOJ's Environment and Natural Resources Division just got reassigned to the new "sanctuary cities" team. Includes chiefs of appellate, environmental crimes, environmental enforcement, and natural resources divisions and the head of the office of environmental justice.

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